According to reporting from Antara News, Indonesia’s General Election Commission (KPU) has officially declared Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as the next president and vice president of Indonesia through KPU Decree Number 360.
“The national results of general elections were determined on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 22.18.19 WIB (Western Indonesia Time),” KPU chairperson Hasyim Asy’ari said in Jakarta late on Wednesday (20/3/24.)
He said that of 164,227,475 legitimate votes, Prabowo-Gibran won 96,214,691 votes (58.59 percent), while their rivals Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar got 40,971,906 votes (24.95 percent), and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD gained 27,040,878 votes (16.46 percent), report Antara News.
The poll body earlier held simultaneous plenary meetings to declare the recapitulation of vote counting results for 38 provinces and 128 overseas election regions.
According to Antara News, Prabowo-Gibran who won in 36 provinces, will be inducted into office on October 20.
Source: Antara News
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